diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 511254c..d291cdb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is a customizable Commitizen plugin. You can specify the commit types, scop
 
 
 ## Steps:
-- install commitizen case you don't have it: `npm install -g commitizen`
+- install commitizen in case you don't have it: `npm install -g commitizen`
 - install the cz-customizable: `npm install cz-customizable --save-dev`
 - configure `commitizen` to use `cz-customizable` as plugin. Add those lines to your `package.json`:
   ```
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ This is a customizable Commitizen plugin. You can specify the commit types, scop
   }
   ```
   
-- the `postinstall` script will automatically create a `.cz-config` in the root of your project *if it doesn't exsit*. It also creates a symlink inside `node_modules/cz-customizable` to point to your config file.
-
-- you should commit your `.cz-config.js` file to your git.
+- you should commit your `.cz-config.js` file to your git. Run `cp ./node_modules/cz-customizable/cz-config-EXAMPLE.js ./.cz-config.js` in a project root directory to get a template.
 
 * if you don't provide a config file, this adapter will use the contents of the default file `node_modules/cz-customizable/cz-config-EXAMPLE.js`
 
@@ -38,20 +36,6 @@ Hopefully this will help you to have consistent commit messages and have a fully
 It prompts for [conventional changelog](https://github.com/ajoslin/conventional-changelog/blob/master/conventions/angular.md) standard.
 
 
-## Troubleshooting:
-### you can't see the file `.cz-config` in the root of your porject.
-  - you can manually copy from `node_modules/cz-customizable/cz-config-EXAMPLE.js` to your project root (where your package.json is) and rename to `.cz-config.js`
-
-### you edited the contents of `.cz-config.js` but `git cz` still doesn't show your values
-  - probably the post install script didn't create the symlink properly.
-    - Manual symlink creation:
-      - copy the file `cz-config-EXAMPLE.js` to the root of your project.
-      - rename the file to `.cz-config.js` and modify the options and scopes as you like.
-      - Now create a symlink to your config file:
-        - Linux ```ln -nsf ../../.cz-config.js node_modules/cz-customizable/.cz-config.js```
-        - Windows (something like this): ```mklink /D node_modules\cz-customizable\.cz-config.js ..\..\.cz-config.js```
-
-
 ## CONTRIBUTING
 
 Please refer to the [Contributor Guidelines](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) and [Conduct of Code](https://github.com/angular/code-of-conduct/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) from [AngularJs](https://github.com/angular/angular.js) project.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 67aad43..f69f3e2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,26 +2,26 @@
 
 // Inspired by: https://github.com/commitizen/cz-conventional-changelog and https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli
 
+var CZ_CONFIG_NAME = '.cz-config.js';
+var CZ_CONFIG_EXAMPLE_LOCATION = './cz-config-EXAMPLE.js';
 var wrap = require('word-wrap');
-var SYMLINK_CONFIG_NAME = 'cz-config';
+var findConfig = require('find-config');
 var log = require('winston');
 var editor = require('editor');
 var temp = require('temp').track();
 var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
 
 /* istanbul ignore next */
 function readConfigFile() {
   // this function is replaced in test.
-  var config;
-  try {
-    // Try to find a customized version for the project
-    // This file is a symlink to the real one usually placed in the root of your project.
-    config = require('./' + SYMLINK_CONFIG_NAME);
-  } catch (err) {
-    log.warn('You don\'t have a file "' + SYMLINK_CONFIG_NAME + '" in your project root directory. We will use the default configuration file inside this directory: ' + __dirname);
-    log.warn('You should go to your "node_modules/cz-customizable" and run "npm run postinstall" to fix it up. Please report on Github if this doenst work.');
-
-    config = require('./cz-config-EXAMPLE');
+  var config = findConfig.require(CZ_CONFIG_NAME, {home: false});
+  if (!config) {
+    log.warn('Unable to find a config file "' + CZ_CONFIG_NAME + '". Default configuration would be used.');
+    log.warn('Copy and use it as template by running in a project root directory:\n      "cp '
+      + path.resolve(CZ_CONFIG_EXAMPLE_LOCATION) + ' ' + path.join('.', CZ_CONFIG_NAME) + '"');
+
+    config = require(CZ_CONFIG_EXAMPLE_LOCATION);
   }
   return config;
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3638570..ecf07d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
     "test:check-coverage": "istanbul check-coverage --statements 100 --branches 100 --functions 100 --lines 100",
     "test:watch": "node_modules/jasmine-node/bin/jasmine-node --color --autotest spec/ --watch .",
     "report-coverage": "cat ./coverage/lcov.info | codecov",
-    "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post",
-    "postinstall": "node ./postinstall.js"
+    "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/leonardoanalista/cz-customizable",
   "repository": {
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "editor": "^1.0.0",
+    "find-config": "^0.3.0",
     "temp": "^0.8.3",
     "winston": "2.1.0",
     "word-wrap": "1.1.0"
diff --git a/postinstall.js b/postinstall.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bfb68eb..0000000
--- a/postinstall.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var path = require('path');
-var fs = require('fs');
-
-var SYM_LINK_LOCATION = './cz-config';
-var CZ_CONFIG_NAME = '.cz-config.js';
-var CZ_CONFIG_EXAMPLE_LOCATION = './cz-config-EXAMPLE.js';
-
-
-
-fs.stat(path.resolve('./../../' + CZ_CONFIG_NAME), function(err, stats) {
-  if (err) {
-    console.info('>>> config file doesn\'t exist. I will create one for you.');
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve('./../../' + CZ_CONFIG_NAME), fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(CZ_CONFIG_EXAMPLE_LOCATION)));
-  } else {
-    console.info('>>> file ' + CZ_CONFIG_NAME + ' already exist in your project root. We will NOT override it.');
-  }
-
-});
-
-//first delete any existing symbolic link.
-fs.unlink(SYM_LINK_LOCATION, function(err) {
-
-  // create or re-create symlink to file located 2 dirs up.
-  console.info('>>> cz-customizable is about to create this symlink "' + __dirname + '/.cz-config" to point to your project root directory, 2 levels up.');
-  fs.symlinkSync(path.resolve('./../../' + CZ_CONFIG_NAME), path.resolve(SYM_LINK_LOCATION), 'file');
-});